Category: Campus Life
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Week One Complete
First week (ok, half-week) of classes complete! I’m in two Sociology courses (working on my minor), two Women’s Studies classes (finishing up my major), and Ballroom Dance (fulfills the Creative/Performing Arts GER and is just cool!). I’ve only gone to most classes once, and I’m already excited about what I’m learning and surprised by the…
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Distractions
What do I love about my room? The view. I am currently supposed to be working on my Anthropology paper about male models in print-ads (cool right?) but am happily distracted by the two dogs chasing after a ball that someone out of my view is throwing. Oh, the chocolate lab was clearly the winner…
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TWAMPY Moment of the Day
In case you don’t know, TWAMP stands for Typical William and Mary Person: that lovable mix of nerdy awkward highly motivated-ness that makes us members of the Tribe. Not every moment is a TWAMP moment, but lots of them are. Today, I got to class early and shared with my Sociology buddies that classes were…
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Why I Fell In Love With The Marketplace…
Move-in day my first year at W&M I made a very important decision I have abided by ever since. At lunch with my new hallmates, I decided that I would not eat any pizza from the dining halls. I’d been warned of the freshmen fifteen, and I thought this one small choice could make all…
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Do I Know You?
One of the great predicaments of a college our size is the “Do I know you?” moments. See on a campus this small it’s likely that you will know a lot of students from classes, activities, and general life, but on a campus this large sometimes it’s hard to keep track of how you know…
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Dull Day
For the most part all of us blog about the amazing exciting adventures we have during our time at William & Mary (and abroad), and adventure is a big part of our life here at the college but not all of it. I want to provide a bit of perspective because sometimes college life is…
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‘Cause this is Thriller Part 2
If you remember an earlier blog, students and faculty at the College of William and Mary attempted to break the record for the most number of participants dancing together to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” at the end of April. Well we just found out on Friday that the attempt was a success! How, you might ask,…
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Moving Out and other random thoughts
I have officially begun the daunting task of unpacking all of my college stuff into my room at home, as if packing up my dorm room wasn’t hard enough. Technically I moved out on Wednesday, but I have been giving myself downtime before dealing with the unpacking process. Move-out day was gorgeous. The campus is…
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One of those William and Mary Moments
I just wanted to share with you a random act of kindness on campus today that is why we always talk about William and Mary as a community, and why I consider it my extended family. I was standing in line to buy lunch, and the student in front of me discovered that he had…
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‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
What a great use of a Sunday afternoon. To me the story I’m about to tell epitomizes the kind of ridiculously one-day adventures William and Mary students come up with. Today, students and faculty at the College of William and Mary attempted to break the record for the most people performing Michael Jackson’s Thriller (I…
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Life Without My Laptop
This is a very very lonely day. My laptop, Troy, has to spend a few days in IT getting a new fan because I am irresponsible and don’t always keep Troy on a flat solid surface. I’m not ashamed to admit that without Troy I am very uncomfortable. In case you don’t know, every freshman…
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Let’s See How Far We’ve Come
It’s that busy time in spring again when I’m trying to balance the work of this semester while making plans for the summer and next year. Even with more than a month left, I’ve started to reflect on sophomore year, and it’s crazy to think how much has changed. This time last year I was…
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Oh the places you’ll go
So I am a pretty big homebody. I love excitement and adventure, but more often than not I am happily hanging out in my dorm room with a friend (and with a single in Jamestown, it’s even easier to stay in). As much as I love being “home,” there are a few other places you…